DeCurtis, Anthony. "John Lennon History/Biography." John Lennon. not listed, 25 March 2010. Web. 28 Apr 2010. <http://johnlennon.com/html/news.aspx>.
1. interviews were long and in depth
2. changed the standard for how artists should act
3. was very outspoken
4. murdered in 1980 after a 20 year music career
5. has been called a "prince of peace"
6. songs were very emotionally and for some people are hard to listen to
7. wrote songs like "Mother" and "God" as a theraputic way to get over trauma from his childhood
8. his mother was in and out of his life all the time- raised by aunt
9. father walked out when he was an infant
10. father returned when he found out John was a famous musician
11. was very direct with his writing
12. used only the basic instruments needed for a song
13. song "Imagine"became historically important
14. activism caused legal issues for Lennon because his writing was so true and honest
15. withdrew from music for 5 years to focus on family
16. reunited with Yoko Ono to make an album about their life with their son Sean
17. said to be the enemy of the "status quo" for his many contradictions about life
18. everyone can find themself and others in his music
19. has artistic immortality with the music he wrote
20. views were well beyond his time
21. struggled with drugs
22. said people never appreciated him before the Beatls
23. his aunt would throw out the music he wrote
24. said his writing talents were able to compete with Shakespeare
25. said he was "born into" rock
26. artists are judged by their work, not what they do in public
27. the song "God" talks about John saying goodbye to the Beatles
28. defined love in his songs as feeling, reaching, needing, freedom
29. music matched is soul-baring mood perfectly
30. Lennon said that what he remembers from the Beatles is the misery that fame brought him
31. music changed alot after the break up of the Beatles
32. song "Working Class Hero" is a "hard lived truth" (honest)
33. "Working Class Hero" made it to Bilboards top ten in only 4 weeks
34. wrote many pop classics with Paul McCartney
35. Lennon regretted not leaving the Beatles before McCartney
36. in the 70's Lennon was struggling to find his values
37. people questioned whether he was a peace activist or not
38. went through treatment to get all of the traumas and hardships of his past out of his mind
39. used interviews as a form of public therapy
40. wallowed in self-pity after the Beatles broke up
41. "Mother" written about parents that weren't involved
42. "Revolution" written about people always saying they want to change the world
43. "Imagine" talks about imaging a world where people aren't divided
44. "All You Need is Love" talks about how the only thing needed in life is love
45. "Watching the Wheels" was written about someone in retirement
46. "(Just Like) Starting Over" talks about his comeback and reunion with Yoko
47. "Woman" talks about his love for Yoko
48. "Give Peace a Chance" talks about how many different artists are writing about giving peace a chance
49. "Jealous Guy" talks about a guy who was jealous and now appologizing to her for it
50. "I'm So Tired" written about a guy being stuck with one girl while wanting another
51. "Grow Old With Me" talks about someone wanting to stay with the person they are with forever
52. "Whatever Gets you Through the Night" talks about a guy being the thing that can get a girl through life
53. "Give me Some Truth" talks about people wanting the truth of the world not the lies the media makes up
54. "Cold Turkey" talks about someone giving up something or quitting something
55. "Crippled Inside" talks about a common person looking at the government figures and seeing the truth behind them
56. "Norwegian Wood" talks about an affair
57. "A Day in the Life" was written from the point of view of a common person after the war ended
58. "Instant Karma" talks about how someone who is full of themself will get what they deserve, karma will hurt them
59. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" goes through the life of John and his wife Yoko
60. "Working Class Hero" written form the point of view of a famous person discussing common people
61. once said the "Pain is what we're in most of the time"
62. portrayed that quote in music
63. remade his life and the world with his music
64. past made no sense after he died
65. in its time the Beatles group meant everything to people
66. after he left the band he strived for honesty
67. made music that moved the world
68. nobody in music's history mattered as much as Lennon
69. took greater risks than other people and made more interesting music
70. made optimism and compassion seem easy and possible
71. believed that he could make a difference in his time
72. believed in what he wrote about
73. changed the possibilities in the years ahead of him
74. wrote songs as away to get things out
75. rebelious side reflected in his writing came from his mother
76. traumatic experience of his mother being killed by an off duty police officer led him to write "Mother"
77. other then fear of nuclear weapons the Beatles were the biggest thing in the world
78. world started changing when Lennon started writing
79. psychologist Arthur Janov had him write music to express his traumas
80. no song has ever match "Imagine" in what it means
DeCurtis, Anthony. "John Lennon History/Biography." John Lennon. not listed, 25 March 2010. Web. 28 Apr 2010. <http://johnlennon.com/html/news.aspx>.
1. interviews were long and in depth
2. changed the standard for how artists should act
3. was very outspoken
4. murdered in 1980 after a 20 year music career
5. has been called a "prince of peace"
6. songs were very emotionally and for some people are hard to listen to
7. wrote songs like "Mother" and "God" as a theraputic way to get over trauma from his childhood
8. his mother was in and out of his life all the time- raised by aunt
9. father walked out when he was an infant
10. father returned when he found out John was a famous musician
11. was very direct with his writing
12. used only the basic instruments needed for a song
13. song "Imagine"became historically important
14. activism caused legal issues for Lennon because his writing was so true and honest
15. withdrew from music for 5 years to focus on family
16. reunited with Yoko Ono to make an album about their life with their son Sean
17. said to be the enemy of the "status quo" for his many contradictions about life
18. everyone can find themself and others in his music
19. has artistic immortality with the music he wrote
20. views were well beyond his time
"Beatledämmerung ." Time Magazine Jan. 25, 1971 : n. pag. Web. 27 Apr 2010. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904673,00.html?internalid=ACA>.
21. struggled with drugs
22. said people never appreciated him before the Beatls
23. his aunt would throw out the music he wrote
24. said his writing talents were able to compete with Shakespeare
25. said he was "born into" rock
26. artists are judged by their work, not what they do in public
27. the song "God" talks about John saying goodbye to the Beatles
28. defined love in his songs as feeling, reaching, needing, freedom
29. music matched is soul-baring mood perfectly
30. Lennon said that what he remembers from the Beatles is the misery that fame brought him
31. music changed alot after the break up of the Beatles
32. song "Working Class Hero" is a "hard lived truth" (honest)
33. "Working Class Hero" made it to Bilboards top ten in only 4 weeks
34. wrote many pop classics with Paul McCartney
35. Lennon regretted not leaving the Beatles before McCartney
36. in the 70's Lennon was struggling to find his values
37. people questioned whether he was a peace activist or not
38. went through treatment to get all of the traumas and hardships of his past out of his mind
39. used interviews as a form of public therapy
40. wallowed in self-pity after the Beatles broke up
"Keno's John Lennon Web Site." Keno.org. Keno Internet Services, 2010. Web. 28 Apr 2010. <http://www.keno.org/Lennonhomepage.htm>.
41. "Mother" written about parents that weren't involved
42. "Revolution" written about people always saying they want to change the world
43. "Imagine" talks about imaging a world where people aren't divided
44. "All You Need is Love" talks about how the only thing needed in life is love
45. "Watching the Wheels" was written about someone in retirement
46. "(Just Like) Starting Over" talks about his comeback and reunion with Yoko
47. "Woman" talks about his love for Yoko
48. "Give Peace a Chance" talks about how many different artists are writing about giving peace a chance
49. "Jealous Guy" talks about a guy who was jealous and now appologizing to her for it
50. "I'm So Tired" written about a guy being stuck with one girl while wanting another
51. "Grow Old With Me" talks about someone wanting to stay with the person they are with forever
52. "Whatever Gets you Through the Night" talks about a guy being the thing that can get a girl through life
53. "Give me Some Truth" talks about people wanting the truth of the world not the lies the media makes up
54. "Cold Turkey" talks about someone giving up something or quitting something
55. "Crippled Inside" talks about a common person looking at the government figures and seeing the truth behind them
56. "Norwegian Wood" talks about an affair
57. "A Day in the Life" was written from the point of view of a common person after the war ended
58. "Instant Karma" talks about how someone who is full of themself will get what they deserve, karma will hurt them
59. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" goes through the life of John and his wife Yoko
60. "Working Class Hero" written form the point of view of a famous person discussing common people
Gilmore, Mikah. "Lennon Live Forever." Rolling Stone 15 December 2005: 56+. Web. 28 Apr 2010. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SFCPSCHS-0-9085&artno=0000262534&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=john%20lennon&title=Lennon%20Lives%20Forever&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=Y&ic=Y>.
61. once said the "Pain is what we're in most of the time"
62. portrayed that quote in music
63. remade his life and the world with his music
64. past made no sense after he died
65. in its time the Beatles group meant everything to people
66. after he left the band he strived for honesty
67. made music that moved the world
68. nobody in music's history mattered as much as Lennon
69. took greater risks than other people and made more interesting music
70. made optimism and compassion seem easy and possible
71. believed that he could make a difference in his time
72. believed in what he wrote about
73. changed the possibilities in the years ahead of him
74. wrote songs as away to get things out
75. rebelious side reflected in his writing came from his mother
76. traumatic experience of his mother being killed by an off duty police officer led him to write "Mother"
77. other then fear of nuclear weapons the Beatles were the biggest thing in the world
78. world started changing when Lennon started writing
79. psychologist Arthur Janov had him write music to express his traumas
80. no song has ever match "Imagine" in what it means